There is seriously ONLY ONE! Any other school is a pipe dream to get what she wants. I'll say it again: There are two kinds of recruits, one that is driven to get a NC and the other that chooses somewhere other than UCONN!
But if she goes there then she isn't that serious or realistic about winning a NC.
They certainly are not maximizing their opportunities and some never get a invitation, too.
not realistically
UNC made the elite 8 with a bunch of freshman and a sophomore. I think she would believe UNC would have been good enough to win it all junior or senior year.
VolFan you already have superstars and havent made the FF. You have the players you dont have the chemistry. Its not the players you need you already have them its the team concept, the unselfishness, the defense thediscilpline, is what your lacking. Having Diamond, Te'a, Stewart, Mojeff etc wont win you a NC if you have to face teams like UConn and ND who have the chemistry. The LVs shouldve made the FF this past season without any fear but they continue to struggle. Its not having the players it having the team. If Tenn gets Diamond and Te'a this season do you think they can come within double digits of UConn? I dont. However if UConn gets Diamond what will you think then?
If she believed that she might not be leaving UNC. If she were a bench player maybe she would leave to get playing time. She was the star. She may not like her coach but she must like her team because she almost hand picked some of them. So it comes down to NC and the only team in the way of everybody is UConn. This years roster, this years class and the following years class of which Collier has already verballed and it is expected Samuelson and Boykin will both or one will verbal and Durr has already said she wants to win NCs and has UConn number 1 on her list. So with UCOnn in the lead where do you think she will want to play?
No offense to Russell, but her numbers were far inferior to Dolson as a freshman, and it took Stef about 2 years to seriously commit to a strength/conditioning/diet program to transform herself to the great player we saw this past year. Elizabeth Williams was just terrific her freshman year.
Usually the top recruits are looking at the top programs. They all seem to list the same schools: UConn, Duke, UNC, Kentucky, Louisville, UCLA, Tennessee, Stanford, ND, Baylor, and I'm sure I'm missing a few. Other than UConn, which of those programs would you say, based on past results, has the best chance to win at least one championship in a four year period? It's true the other programs do have a chance to win it, but if you were a betting man, which program would you put your chips on? Realistically, Geno is the only coach in America that can walk into a recruit's living room and all but guarantee a championship during a recruit's college career and has two hands full of rings to show he is serious. UConn's had, what, two classes in the last 20 years that didn't experience winning at least one championship? Compare that to Stanford which hasn't had a single class win a championship in the last 20 years.
I do think Russell will be a great player. Her game this year should be greatly improved.
